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Koine Greek wordlink #88396

SR GNT Acts 8:1 διεσπάρησαν (diesparaʸsan) ‘Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim) all and were dispersed throughout the regions’ Strongs=12890 Lemma=diaspeirō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=passive person=3rd number=plural

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Only use of identical word form διεσπάρησαν (V-IAP3..P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘διεσπάρησαν’ (V-IAP3..P) is always and only glossed as ‘were dispersed’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘diaspeirō’ have 2 different glosses: ‘having_been dispersed’, ‘were dispersed’.

Greek words (3) other than διεσπάρησαν (V-IAP3..P) with a gloss related to ‘dispersed’

ACTs 5:36 διελύθησαν (dieluthaʸsan) V-IAP3..P Lemma=dialuō ‘as_many_as were_being persuaded by him were dispersed and became to’ SR GNT Acts 5:36 word 38

ACTs 8:4 διασπαρέντες (diasparentes) V-PAP.NMP ‘the ones on_one_hand therefore having_been dispersed passed_through good_message_preaching the’ SR GNT Acts 8:4 word 4

ACTs 11:19 διασπαρέντες (diasparentes) V-PAP.NMP ‘the ones indeed therefore having_been dispersed by the tribulation’ SR GNT Acts 11:19 word 4

Key: V=verb IAP3..P=indicative,aorist,passive,3rd person plural PAP.NMP=participle,aorist,passive,nominative,masculine,plural